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Privacy Policy

General

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and comply with the applicable data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG). This privacy policy gives you an overview of which data is collected and processed when you visit this website.

Controller

Weingut Michi Lorenz, Einöd 8, 8442 Kitzeck im Sausal, Austria.
Contact: wein@michilorenz.at

Cookies

This website uses only technically necessary cookies, required to operate the shopping cart and to persist session data. Specifically:

  • woocommerce_cart_hash – contents of the shopping cart
  • woocommerce_items_in_cart – number of items in the cart
  • wp_woocommerce_session_* – session ID for checkout

No tracking, web analytics or marketing cookies are used. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in operating the shop functionality).

Server log files

When you visit this website, IP address, date and time of access, requested page and user agent are stored for X days (to be completed) to ensure operation. They are only evaluated in the event of an attack.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection (Art. 15–21 GDPR). Complaints may be lodged with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (www.dsb.gv.at).

Consent & age verification (stored locally in your browser)

In addition to the WooCommerce session cookies, this website stores your consent and age-verification choices locally in your browser (localStorage; no transfer to third parties):

  • michi_consent_v1 — your cookie consent (essential / statistics / marketing)
  • michi_age_ok — confirmation that you meet the legal minimum age for purchasing wine

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in GDPR-compliant consent management) and Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR for age verification in distance sales of alcoholic beverages. The data remains on your device until you delete it in your browser.

Language selection (Polylang)

When using the English version, Polylang may set a technical cookie to remember your language choice (pll_language).